Preview: Stade Français v Leicester

Tigers are already assured of top spot in Pool 4 after five wins in five games and will be among the top three seeds in the quarter-final. French champions Stade are chasing a quarter-final place as one of the best three pool runners-up.

Veainu comes in on the wing for Tigers after sitting out the win over Benetton Treviso last Saturday, while Smith lines up alongside Manu Tuilagi at centre, and McCaffrey returns in the back row.

Marcos Ayerza, who started among the replacements against Treviso, returns to the front row for his 60th appearance for the club in Europe, overtaking Graham Rowntree to go sixth on the Tigers all-time list in the tournament.

Fellow prop Dan Cole plays his 150th game for Tigers just a week after picking up his club cap for 100 starting appearances.

For Stade, Jérémy Sinzelle returns on the wing as Waisea and Jonathan Danty move inisde a position to 13 and 12 respectively.

Jules Plisson takes over from Morné Steyn at fly-half. Raphael Lakafia returns to the loose trio while Hugh Pyle is added to the second row and Laurent Sempéré starts at hooker.

Form: Stade Français's defeat at Munster took their Pool 4 fate out of their own hands and a win may still not be enough to help them reach the last eight. Leicester have already secured a home quarter-final berth as they took full advantage of Stade's defeat with a bonus-point success over Italian side Treviso at Welford Road.